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Sugar Cookies Like You Remember
Chill: 3 hrs
Bake: 8 mins at 375°F per batch
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 1/4 cups shortening
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract (optional)
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- Canned white frosting (optional)
- Red and green paste food coloring (optional)
Directions
1. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and nutmeg.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat shortening 30 seconds. Add the 2 cups sugar and beat until fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, and lemon extract, if you like; beat well.
3. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to shortening mixture, beating until mixed. Divide in half. Cover; chill at least 3 hours for easy handling.
4. For the small cookies, roll dough 3/8-inch thick on a lightly floured surface and cut into desired shapes with a 2-inch cutter. For the large cookies, roll dough 1/2-inch thick. Cut into desired shapes using a 3-inch cutter.
5. Place cookies 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sugar, if you like Bake in a 375 degree F oven 8 to 10 minutes for small cookies or 10 to 12 minutes for large cookies. Remove; cool on a wire rack. Mix frosting and color, if you like. Frost and decorate as desired.
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For a cookie on a stick, tuck a lollipop stick or craft stick under the center of the cookie. Press stick into dough slightly. Bake cookies as directed.
These are truly exceptional cookies. Soft and tender. The dough was a bit difficult to work with though. Very soft. Had to be very liberal with flour on the counter and sprinkled on the dough in order to roll out the dough. Had not planned on ever making them again due to the difficulty. But frosted, they taste fabulous, and they have a different texture from the standard sugar cookie! These are my new favorite sugar cookie recipe.
12/29/2011 11:06:03 PM Report AbuseOkay, I haven't baked these yet but I did make the dough last night and refrigerated it over night. This morning it was still extremely soft and the shortening had started separating out. Do I need to add more flour???
12/13/2010 10:21:40 AM Report Abuse